I've been looking for Thyrax,Organon's levothyroxine sodium, since January with no luck.
Apothecaries no longer sell the pills. Some who still have the leftover supplies dared not to sell the drugs as they are mostly nearly expired. Several apothecaries, however, continued selling the nearly expired (two to four months before expiry dates) to desperate patients.
I initially was also desperate to get the drugs because i had been off medication for nearly three months (the first one and a half months were necessary prior to undertaking my half-yearly blood test, the rest were strictly because I couldn't find Thyrax anywhere!). I started to get VERY irritated by the hypothyroid symptoms. Hypothermia, or sudden drop of body heat, deprived me of my sleep. I became very sensitive to cold so i showered less often (OMG!!!!) and i wore thick fleece jacket not only when i sleep but also at work. I eat like a pig and put on five kilos in January (i eventually shed the extra two kilos last week!!!!). Worst, i grew even more lazier and lazierer, forgetful and absent-minded.
I needed my Thyrax fix, but nobody can tell me when the drugs will be available in the market, not even Organon reps (or in this case, Schering-Plough reps) in Jakarta.
I eventually resorted to Merck's Euthyrox. So far no complaints. But i still don't understand how an important (i'd call it life saving) drugs like Thyrax can disappear from apothecaries' shelf. Is it possible that Organon no longer sells it in Indonesia?
